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Autosomal DNA Matches Display Improvement

Autosomal DNA Matches Display Improvement

Posted: 8 May 2015 3:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 May 2015 3:19PM GMT
It would be a great improvement if we could be given additional Filters that could be used to narrow down the display of Matches. I would like to be able to exclude "No Family Tree" and Private Trees as a minimum. It would be most useful to make all the filters as toggles that could be on or off and combined with the others so we could select just the matches we are trying to work.

One other display behavior that is extremely frustrating is after having opened a match to review it and select return to the matches display, why am I returned to the top of the list instead of to the match I just viewed? Continually having to scroll the list to find where you last were is just dumb.

Comments?

Re: Autosomal DNA Matches Display Improvement

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 7:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
I agree with your suggestions. Working with my matches on Ancestry is more difficult than doing the same thing at 23andMe or at FamilyTreeDNA. And, even though they offer better tools, they both also allow me to download all the match data to work with on my own in a spreadsheet. We can do this for our v1 matches here at Ancestry, but can't get our current matches.

One of my favorite features from FamilyTreeDNA is to view matches in common or not in common with.

My workaround the scrolling issue is to view each match in a new tab.

Re: Autosomal DNA Matches Display Improvement

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 5:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
You can download all your matches (and do other cool things) using Jeff Snavely's AncestryDNA helper add-on for Chrome.

Re: Autosomal DNA Matches Display Improvement

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Didn't know. Thanks for mentioning. Trying now on first test. Looks like it will take several days to collect the data, but grateful for any improvement over status quo.
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